The responsibility to protect : research, bibliogaphy, background.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty.

Contributor:

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention.

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 410 pages) : maps

Other Title:

Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2001.

Summary:

In his Millennium Report to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenged the international community to address the real dilemmas posed by intervention and sovereignty. The independent International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) was established by the Canadian government in September 2000 to respond to that challenge. After a year of intense worldwide consultations and debate, the Commission now presents this path-breaking report. With its central theme of the "responsibility to protect," the report underlines the primary responsibilit

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; CO-CHAIRS' FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; RESEARCHERS' PREFACE; LIST OF ACRONYMS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; Section A. ELEMENTS OF THE DEBATE; Section B. PAST HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS; Section C. MORALITY, LAW, OPERATIONS, AND POLITICS; PART II: BIBLIOGRAPHY; 1. Humanitarian Intervention; 2. Sovereignty and Intervention; 3. Conflict Prevention; 4. Ethical Aspects; 5. Legal Aspects; 6. Interest and Will; 7. National and Regional Perspectives; 8. Nonmilitary Interventions; 9. Operational Aspects of Military Interventions; 10. Military Interventions and Humanitarian Action

11. Post-Conflict Challenges; 12. Country Cases; PART III: BACKGROUND; 1. About the Commission; 2. About the Commissioners; 3. Regional Roundtables and National Consultations; INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Supplementary volume to the report of the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty."

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-71839-0

9786610718399

1-55250-256-2

OCLC:

181820755